A Simple Song of Peace                                   

by John Flynn

A couple nights ago I dreamt I wrote a special song
It wasn’t complicated and it wasn’t very long
I took my old guitar and went and played it in the streets
And people gathered round to hear a simple song of peace

What started as a tiny crowd would soon become a throng
And everyone who heard me sing began to sing along
Their voices then were lifted up and carried on the breeze
Til all across the land was heard a simple song of peace

From East and West from North and South I heard a single choir
The singing seemed to take away our fear though times were dire
Then news came from around the world that war and violence ceased
As love at last was set free by a simple song of peace

I shook my head remembering the long and lonely years
When every song I wrote would seem to fall upon deaf ears
Yet all those moments of self-doubt had somehow lead to these
Tears filled my eyes then as I sang that simple song of peace

A child in the crowd came up and tugged upon my sleeve
He said you’re only dreaming John and now it’s time to leave
And just before I woke I whispered to myself oh please
When you wake do not forget the simple song of peace

I woke and lay in darkness in those hours before the dawn
Anguished to discover that the song of peace was gone
'Til birds outside my window started singing in the trees
And I smiled to hear again a simple song of peace

There’s a simple song of peace in each and every thing
Rocks and birds and trees and waters if we’re listening
We’re all radios tuned in to quantum frequencies
The universe is singing us a simple song of peace
 

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